If you are look at all the podcast networks, most of them are podcast directories listing podcasts and their episodes. Most podcast networks do not have any interactivity between the podcasters and the community.
The World Podcast Network is changing podcast networks as we know it. The World Podcast Network is now a social network.
The usual podcast networks offer podcasts and their episodes. There may be some other information added like streaming platform information and social networks for that podcast.
Podcasters can receive comments on their podcasts from audience members and subscribers.
Podcasters and their audience members can get comments on their podcasts. They can also receive likes from other members of the podcast network community. Members can simply log in and add a comment as well as rate the podcast from one to five stars. Similar to Apple Podcasts, podcasts receive comments. The maximum number of characters is 250 which is plenty of characters to leave a good comment about the podcast.
How Podcasters Can Get More Comments and Likes On Their Podcast
Podcasters can promote their World Podcast Network podcast profile to their audience members on their video podcast episodes, audio podcast episodes, and their own social media like Facebook, X, TikTok, LinkedIn and Instagram and other popular social networks. The more comments and likes received, the higher the podcast moves in the leaderboard giving more exposure for the podcast itself.
Once members are logged in, they can leave a comment and rate the podcast from 1 to 5 stars. Comments appear on the right column. All comments are pending the review of the Podcaster Relations Team and once approved, will be published. Comments undergo review for keywords containing hate, destruction and other detrimental terms. If they contain those keywords, the Podcaster Relations team rejects the comments, so all comments are assured to be acceptable to all people reading it.
This is a great way for podcasters to get feedback from their subscribers and to find new subscribers since the comments and likes increase the podcast's position on the leaderboard.
For new members of the World Podcast Network, in order to add their comments and likes, the member will need to be logged in. New members can sign up for free. This also deters spambots from adding fake comments.
The display name of the commenter will be displayed rather than the first and last name, making the World Podcast Network community a more popular place.
How To Receive LIKES For Your Podcast:
Podcasters on the World Podcast Network can also receive likes just like anyone can on Facebook and Instagram. To like a podcast, members must be signed in and can sign up for free, even without a podcast.
The number of likes is displayed underneath the podcast title on the podcast's profile page.
Members can like and unlike podcasts simply by clicking the HEART icon. For those members who like the podcast, the heart will be filled in and red. Before liking the podcast and after unliking it, the heart will be hollow indicating that the podcast is not liked yet.
Virtual Podcast Stock Market - A new way for podcasts to promote themselves
As part of the World Podcast Network's continued success in becoming the first social network for podcasters, podcasters also have virtual stocks. Members can buy and sell the stock with virtual money (never their real money) with a virtual currency called VPM (virtual podcast money). There is no exchange rate. Every country uses VPMs.
Members get 50,000 VPMs to play the virtual podcast stock market. Every podcast receives a stock price, candlestick chart and stock symbol. Every investor receives a list of their transactions, portfolio, and the VPMs.
In Conclusion
The World Podcast Network will keep adding new social network features for podcasters as social media develops to make every podcast on the network successful and to help them get more listeners, subscribers, and audience members.
